NVR vs. PHM, TOL, MTH, DHI, TMHC, WY, ROL, WSO, LII, and WSO.B Should you be buying NVR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NVR include PulteGroup (PHM), Toll Brothers (TOL), Meritage Homes (MTH), D.R. Horton (DHI), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Rollins (ROL), Watsco (WSO), Lennox International (LII), and Watsco (WSO.B). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
NVR (NYSE:NVR ) and PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM ) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
PulteGroup has higher revenue and earnings than NVR. PulteGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NVR had 1 more articles in the media than PulteGroup. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for NVR and 16 mentions for PulteGroup. NVR's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat PulteGroup's score of 0.97 indicating that NVR is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PulteGroup received 394 more outperform votes than NVR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.80% of users gave PulteGroup an outperform vote while only 52.09% of users gave NVR an outperform vote.
NVR presently has a consensus target price of $7,225.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.79%. PulteGroup has a consensus target price of $111.87, suggesting a potential downside of 6.05%. Given NVR's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NVR is more favorable than PulteGroup.
83.7% of NVR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of PulteGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of NVR shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of PulteGroup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NVR has a net margin of 17.33% compared to PulteGroup's net margin of 16.63%. NVR's return on equity of 38.54% beat PulteGroup's return on equity.
NVR has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PulteGroup has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary NVR beats PulteGroup on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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